# (Old) The MMP is the place to be! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [January 27, 2025, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-the-mmp-is-the-place-to-be/1013472 "2025-01-27T12:20:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-the-mmp-is-the-place-to-be/1013472/41 "2025-01-27T22:27:35Z")
I went to Meijers as I was out of Orange Juice and its important. I looked at the eggs-4.69. Not bad. Meijers brand. I budgeted and got a packet of deli style tuna ( for me, too much sodium for Moley) for a sandwich. Had a pb & j sandwich for breakfast. I got Chef Boy R Dee Cheesy Burger Macaroni, the least repulsive of the Chef Boy R Dee cans. Tonight is Monday, so KillTony! ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-the-mmp-is-the-place-to-be/1013472/42 "2025-01-27T22:34:54Z")
How’s the training? ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-the-mmp-is-the-place-to-be/1013472/43 "2025-01-27T22:34:55Z")
> [@JaneDoe42](#): > > Which I couldn’t find Oddly, there’s usually an out-of-the-way rack of postcards at Wal-Mart. Usually by that weird aisle by the register where they have the “As Seen On TV!” crap. > [@JaneDoe42](#): > > He looked super pleased and called his wife over because she was the one who did all of the decorating. I repeated my compliments and added more because she looked so surprised and happy. That’s definitely your good deed for the day. * * * I hafta put on pants & { _sigh of woe_ } run an errand. I don’t wanna, can you tell? Then when I get home, I can (yay!) take off pants, then (woe again) call my mother. > [@swampbear](#): > > Sup will be country fried steak with onion gravy, smashed N.O.T., squishes, field peas, butter beans and okra, and cornbread. Please adopt me. > [@SuntanLotion](#): > > Tonight is Monday, so KillTony! I haz some confusions. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-the-mmp-is-the-place-to-be/1013472/44 "2025-01-27T22:43:02Z")
On behalf of > [@(Old) Alexa, start the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-alexa-start-the-mmp/1013150/484): > > know, I’m doing my MMP in the late MAfternoon. Shtappens. … I hereby nominate the word “shtappens/ed” into our weird language, because that word did not exist until now BUT IT SHOULD HAVE! * * * ETA: oh, yeah, @SuntanLotion did your training work (heh!) out today? ETA 2: answered while typing. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-the-mmp-is-the-place-to-be/1013472/45 "2025-01-27T22:43:44Z")
Training is ok. Today I went around the store, being shown things. I had some fatigue, still; but fought it. KillTony is a popular open mic show based in Texas that runs every Monday at 9 pm EST. ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-the-mmp-is-the-place-to-be/1013472/46 "2025-01-27T22:52:28Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Oddly, there’s usually an out-of-the-way rack of postcards at Wal-Mart. That is very good to know, thank you! I’m a sucker for random “please send my class a postcard” pleas, I know I’ll be needing to do it again this time next year. (This is the time of year that youngsters are learning about the states and kids always love getting mail.) > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > That’s definitely your good deed for the day. Not really. It was very self serving, off ramps don’t often have nice things like that to look at. I’ve made sure that Sarah will keep her home brightly decorated until the day she dies so that people getting off the interstate can admire it. And I don’t really care about the other people, so basically she will be decorating for me forever! ---
**Author:** ![Kitten\_Mitten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b782af/32.png) [@Kitten\_Mitten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitten_Mitten)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-the-mmp-is-the-place-to-be/1013472/47 "2025-01-27T22:57:15Z")
> [@susan](#): > > I left when I was 1 and haven’t ever had the faintest desire to live there. I like the blue states. Well that certainly explains the F-up. > [@JaneDoe42](#): > > look up the show Green Acres > [@JaneDoe42](#): > > I’m not ready to fall in love with a cat who won’t live but a few more years My daughter certainly understands. She adopted Dakota in May 2014 and was told that she was 5-7; Dakota went seriously downhill starting in Aug 2017, went into the animal hospital in late Sept and the vet said that Dakota appeared to be 14 then Laps of Love came third week of Oct. So, when daughter was ready in early 2018 to adopt another dog, one of her criteria was that it needed to be no older than 3 (for real). Bella was just shy of 2 when she was adopted. Well I’ve read about another 70 of the posts from Alexa mmp, only 70 more to go. Here are a few comments (you may question my concept of ‘a few’): > [@(Old) Alexa, start the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-alexa-start-the-mmp/1013150/376): > > Another reading story. Oh no **Baker** , I’m so sorry to hear that. I hope you weren’t too traumatized. > [@(Old) Alexa, start the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-alexa-start-the-mmp/1013150/381): > > Yes, and I’ll be calling them on Monday. I hope you asked to speak to a supervisor. > [@(Old) Alexa, start the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-alexa-start-the-mmp/1013150/382): > > How awesome that the secretary’s subconscious told her to go and check on her. I wonder what it was Perhaps it was the Holy Spirit. > [@(Old) Alexa, start the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-alexa-start-the-mmp/1013150/382): > > I’ll get a great book that other people get to enjoy for days or even weeks and I’m done in hours. Part of that for me is that I’ll stay up almost all night reading a great book that I find it very difficult to put it down. > [@(Old) Alexa, start the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-alexa-start-the-mmp/1013150/395): > > I am trying to keep a balance of being informed and maintaining sanity Me too. I used to watch a real lot of MSNBC. Now I’m down to just Rachel and Lawrence. Hubs likes to put on Velshi on Sat/Sun so sometimes I see some of that. Oh and I like Jen Psaki a lot too. > [@(Old) Alexa, start the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-alexa-start-the-mmp/1013150/407): > > Does anyone remember bookmobiles? Yes, I went to a Catholic school grades 1-6 and there wasn’t a school library. However, the public bookmobile came every few weeks and I always checked out the limit of books allowed. I also loved a bus full of books! > [@(Old) Alexa, start the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-alexa-start-the-mmp/1013150/407): > > It was pretty amazing to be honest. He was telling me how much better he was feeling even before getting unhooked from everything. Today he said that even though he hurts all over (to be expected), he feels better than he has for at least a year. I am so glad that the surgery is a success! Yay for Hubs! I also understand about monitoring/nagging about the restrictions. Hubs is under certain restrictions for another year, well 11-1/2 months as long as his recovery continues to progress. After his blood draw this morning, he went out for brunch then ran a few errands. When he got home, he was very excited to show me some of the results of the blood draw. His platelets are up to 200. The low end of the acceptable range for men is 150. Before his transplant at his lowest they were down to somewhere in the 20’s range, IIRC, I don’t think they went down into the teens but maybe I’m blocking a bad memory. > [@(Old) Alexa, start the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-alexa-start-the-mmp/1013150/410): > > I gotta _respect_ folks who can hold to that dietary restriction. They don’t know what they are missing! ok, going to start prepping dinner, chicken tacos (soft flour tortillas, 3 colors of sauteed bell peppers-NO green, sauteed onions, avocado, mushrooms, cuke coins, cheddar cheese) ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-the-mmp-is-the-place-to-be/1013472/48 "2025-01-27T23:07:30Z")
I got in touch with Jessica - the Hospice aide - and she said she’ll try to come by this week to get the blankets. I also wanted to ask her whether she or one of her kids would be interested in coming by the house while we’re at Cades Cove over Easter vacation. I need someone to bring in the mail and scoop cat poop. Normally Daughter or SIL would do it, but they’re going with us, so… Unless one of you wants to vacation in my house for a week?? OK, back to my recliner. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-the-mmp-is-the-place-to-be/1013472/49 "2025-01-27T23:12:34Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Unless one of you wants to vacation in my house for a week?? I’d LOVE to but the commute would be murder! If my pregnant daughter and two rowdy grandkids needing my ruthless and exquisitely expert wrangling weren’t 1500 miles away, I’d do it in a heartbeat. As long as I got a remote for the tv and could bring coffee and dark chocolate with me. Would there be a fireplace I could sleep in front of for a night or two? ---
**Author:** ![liirogue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dbc845/32.png) [@liirogue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liirogue)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-the-mmp-is-the-place-to-be/1013472/50 "2025-01-27T23:33:37Z")
> [@nelliebly](#): > > Well, I once made a joke about her enclosed litter box, and she cross-stitched a sampler that says, “If I fits, I shits.” and hung it over the litter box Oh my gosh I’m going to have to find someone that can make one of these for me! > [@Misnomer](#): > > If it’s called a Kindle, it still uses e-ink; the tablets are called Fire (they used to be “Kindle Fire,” which was needlessly confusing). But you’re correct that the newest Kindles don’t have buttons: you have to tap the side of the screen to change the page (however, Kindle screens don’t show fingerprints the way tablet screens do). I like some of the features on the newer Kindles – like colored e-ink! – but I _love_ being able to operate my current Kindle with one hand via buttons; I plan to hang onto it for as long as possible. Thank you for this! The last time I seriously looked into getting another Kindle is when the Kindle Fires were all the rage and basically drowned out all the other models. I’ll give my friend’s Kindle a consideration then. She was talking about the adjustable lighting on it and I assumed it was a Fire, but I will approach it with an open mind. But I still like my buttons… > [@JaneDoe42](#): > > I repeated my compliments and added more because she looked so surprised and happy. You have just made her year. And her husband will never again win an argument about scaling back the decorations on the house 😂 ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-the-mmp-is-the-place-to-be/1013472/51 "2025-01-28T00:37:55Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Sup will be country fried steak with onion gravy, smashed N.O.T., squishes, field peas, butter beans and okra, and cornbread. That sounds yummy! Okra was the reason that I hit Captain D’s this weekend. One of my local ones actually does a pretty good job on it. > [@(Old) Alexa, start the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-alexa-start-the-mmp/1013150/356): > > > [@(Old) Alexa, start the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-alexa-start-the-mmp/1013150/356): > > > > She was from Texas, rescued by law enforcement, and she never got used to all the rain here. > > Bella was also a Texas dog rescued some time after the hurricane in 2017ish, IMS. She’s had a hard time getting used to the rain as well and also the cold and the snow. Nelson is a native Texan, but he only lived there for the first three months of his life. 🙂 > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > FWIW, I also don’t get the appeal of the practical joker series - they’re not funny - they’re pretty much just cruel. Same with the funniest home videos which seem to mostly feature people getting hurt. I dunno - maybe it’s me. It’s not. I saw a robin this afternoon! Here’s hoping that he wasn’t just lost. I got the PJ pants that I ordered today, only they weren’t the ones that I ordered. I’m plus sized and ordered a pair of ladies’ aqua / white cotton flannel and got a pair of ~size 6, blanket weight fleece in rose and cream. I think I’ll stick to ordering them from the men’s listings from now on. I [wrapped](https://www.flickr.com/photos/198572763@N08/54289771486/in/dateposted-public/) [up](https://www.flickr.com/photos/198572763@N08/54290004339/in/dateposted-public/) the latest [card](https://www.flickr.com/photos/198572763@N08/54290008248/in/dateposted-public/) series last evening. I kind of liked the vintage / steampunk vibe. Stay safe and healthy y’all! ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-the-mmp-is-the-place-to-be/1013472/52 "2025-01-28T00:54:28Z")
Howdy Y’all! Been a rainy and dreary day today. We enjoyed bein’ inside, warm and dry. OYKW got his exercise in by goin’ to the mailbox and also draggin’ the biiiiiig trash can all the way up from the road to where it stays. I got mine while makin’ sup. I get many steps in whilst goin’ back and forth from sink, to counter, to fridge, to stove and so on. Sup got et and the kitchen cleanded up. Now we chill. ---
**Author:** ![Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sticks_and_scones/32/16951_2.png) [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-the-mmp-is-the-place-to-be/1013472/53 "2025-01-28T01:23:28Z")
We are unsupervised tonight. My mom has a sleep study going on and I dropped her off a bit ago. And, exciting folks that we are, MusicMan is already in bed asleep and Annie and I are watching the first Knives Out movie. ETA: How many times will I run my finger across my lips before I remember about the jalapeños that I chopped tonight for his Mac and Cheese??? ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-the-mmp-is-the-place-to-be/1013472/54 "2025-01-28T01:59:03Z")
Told my mom about the bookshelf. Predictably response: “Good. Get rid of those books.” Yanno what? 👿💀 ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-the-mmp-is-the-place-to-be/1013472/55 "2025-01-28T02:05:40Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Predictably response: > > “Good. Get rid of those books.” How did that woman raise such a wonderful person? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-the-mmp-is-the-place-to-be/1013472/56 "2025-01-28T02:10:32Z")
Mrs. L.A. had coleslaw and a King’s Hawaiian bun for dinner. I had a BBQ poke-and-coleslaw sanger. I didn’t eat all of the deadpig I’d heated up, so Mrs. L.A. mad a poke slider on a Hawaiian roll. Kitties got Temptation treats. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-the-mmp-is-the-place-to-be/1013472/57 "2025-01-28T02:13:42Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Told my mom about the bookshelf. > > Predictably response: > > “Good. Get rid of those books.” > > Yanno what? 👿💀 I’d add a 🖕 to that myself. Books are a necessity. For all my problems with my mother, at least she gets that (never did figure out what she saw in NSDXSF, who sneered at reading for pleasure). Today’s big project was getting DH’s prescriptions renewed for things like metformin and insulin. This wound up involving a trip to Kaiser’s “urgent” care, since we could not make an appointment with his actual doctor or any other useful option in the time he had before he was going to run out of metformin. Over 2hr wait, but we didn’t have to stay in the waiting area (they gave him a time to come back and texted him when they were close to ready for him), so we hit the hospital cafeteria for lunch. I had quite good “tuscan” cod and garlic rice. We also hit the bakery outlet, so DH now has rye bread on hand, and I have the 12 grain/nut/seed bread that I was wanting for a PBJ. Also picked up some cherry preserves at Walmart after getting DH’s meds, and just polished off a sandwich with crunchy PB (we have both in stock, but I have a solid preference for crunchy). DH can surf leftovers or do something heat-and-serve as far as dinner goes. Allie likes the high-calorie goo I got her, so must remember to indulge her with it. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-the-mmp-is-the-place-to-be/1013472/58 "2025-01-28T02:26:23Z")
Evening all. Dinner has been obtained and consumed. Financial stuff is done and is showing up in my account already, so the Edward Jones folks are doing their thing. About 35F outside so will be staying inside for the rest of the evening. **flyboy** , deep breath and mutter ‘patience’ as necessary. Better luck with claim form Act 2. > [@peedin](#): > > Darn, that doughnut was good. > [@rocking\_chair](#): > > i also had a boston cream doughnut today… yum! Dammit, you folks will have me heading to Dunkin’ tomorrow… > [@Misnomer](#): > > Ha, back when I could still drink soda I was the opposite: I’d sometimes pick a place just because it had Pepsi. Another Pepsi fan! Never been a fan of Connections or Spelling bee, I stick with the crosswords and the Ken-Ken math puzzles. > [@Kitten\_Mitten](#): > > **metal mouse** hoping it’s a low risk, high return investment. yes, I know those are kinda contradictory and hard to find. The return is supposed to be better than other, safer options, but with a modest risk attached; only have about 10% invested there (everything else is in something safer), we’ll see how the next year goes and it I want to continue it or not. **lily** , nice that somebody famous is among us… 😉 😁 **JtC** , and you had a nice day doing nice things. I am envious and must try to do better. > [@JaneDoe42](#): > > You must be getting close to being let off-leash. I’ll bet you can’t wait! Meeting with the surgeon is not until 4 February (next Monday), but except for the gym and doing no heavy lifting, I can manage most things, like eating and shopping and tomorrow’s dental appointment. Just taking it slow and easy. **Cat Glove** , great news for your Hubs, hope the news continues to be good. **red** , sorry the clothes didn’t fit. I’ve bought comfy shoes and slacks on-line, so far no snafus. And that’s all, folks. Will be heading off to bed relatively early tonight and see if my bladder will let me get a solid 7-8 straight hours (betting odds are I won’t). Take care now. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-the-mmp-is-the-place-to-be/1013472/59 "2025-01-28T02:33:09Z")
Up from naptime. Having an Old Fashioned, cheeseburger and fries. When I was turning on the lights, Spot was racing down the couch, and tried to jump onto the cat condo, but miscalculated and hit my butt. I turned around to watch him fall Wile E. Coyote style to the floor. 🤣 > [@liirogue](#): > > I have a Kindle 3 That’s what I have. I like it because it looks like the actual [Hitchhiker’s Guide](https://hitchhikers.fandom.com/wiki/The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy_(travel_guide))(and mine is named _Don’t Panic_ > [@Misnomer](#): > > French is the only foreign language I can listen to when it comes to TV shows/movies [Gomez Addams]Tish! You spoke French![/Gomez Addams] > [@JaneDoe42](#): > > 🎶 farm living in the life for me! 🎵 If you get a pig, I will be Green with envy. 😉 > [@missred](#): > > Nelson is a native Texan, Did he come with a little Stetson? ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-the-mmp-is-the-place-to-be/1013472/60 "2025-01-28T02:37:50Z")
Thought you might want to know that maintenance guy was back at work today. I don’t know what the diagnosis was. The manager said she’s making him bring in a doctor’s note. I told her to make sure it wasn’t signed in his handwriting. 🙂 I went to they gym and gym-ed all I could. I might walk Ms. Dog tomorrow afternoon. > [@missred](#): > > Nelson is a native Texan, but he only lived there for the first three months of his life. 🙂 So he doesn’t bark with a Texas twang? 🙂 > [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](#): > > We are unsupervised tonight. Let the wild rumpus start! > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > “Good. Get rid of those books.” Responses you wish you could make but never will: 1. “Well, I’ll get rid of _Magic Spells: How to Make Troubles Disappear_ because it _obviously_ didn’t work.” 2. “But then I wouldn’t have anything to do while pretending to listen to you.” 3. “You keep telling me to get a better job, so I HAVE to keep _How to Become a Stripper in 10 Easy Lessons_. And I’ll tell the audience every bump and grind is dedicated to you. You’ll be famous!” People who are mean to **shoe** bring out the worst in me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-the-mmp-is-the-place-to-be/1013472.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-the-mmp-is-the-place-to-be/1013472.md?page=4)